2003 'Expedition' DJ8MS
JO98 SM/DJ8MS
1st-9th March 2003
Activity only 2m : JO88vv near Sorunda 2x7el + 150W
JO98bx on isle Muskö 2x6el + 150W
JO99bm @ SK0UX 4x17el M˛ + kW
RIG: IC706IIg + SSB-Electr. PA 150W+ + 2x6el DL6WU Yagi
article: SM/DJ8MS scanned from CQ-DL (hamradio magazine) in GERMAN !
gescannter deutscher Artikel, erschienen in der CQDL 06?/2003
click on the parts to have a look
First of all, I couldn't use one of the predicted qth on the islands... nearly all roads were closed due to private or ice&snow. We found a qth on the Muskö island, which had a good takeoff from south to west, unfortunately north and east were totally blocked by hills.
Unfortunately the conditions for MS and Tropo aswell were qite bad, only the Aurora on thursday 06th march was pure fun, especially having qso with some friends I only knew from MS.
I could only spread JO98 5-times via MS and 3 MS QSOs from JO88.
In the NAC I could work 44 QSOs via Tropo from JO98bx, unfortunately the Aurora was too weak and the antenna was beaming directly into a hill not even 200m far away.
Sorry for all the NC- or nil-QSOs, but the ms-conditions were really bad, but this were predictable due to the fact that not even half of a real shower was active. Especially it was a pitty with the qso with OE6IWG, there surely only lasted 10min to get C. I hoped he would keep sending, but didn't received anything after the 30min again. Furthermore thursday seemed to be a nearly MS-free day... only a few reflections and additionally it was stormy that I decided to leave the island.
Surely the Skedslots were too small, but otherwise I would have had propably even less QSOs in log. Maybe also working random only would have been better, but how long would it take to sort out the callsigns, would this method be faster...??? I'm absolutely not sure.
Unfortunately on tuesday evening only DC9YC and DF8IK were qrv answering with good reflections to my random cq from JO98. I called there nearly 1hour after DF8IK, but noone answered.
On the whole trip Murphy seemed to sit beside me... 23cm equipment failed before trip started, 2m amplifier failed after arriving in JO88, but could be fixed, car-exhaust got lost on swedish highway and some other things...
I hope to work more stations on the next trip, hopefully with better conditions.
worked locator grids from JO88vv, JO98bx, JO9bm:
QSL-cards for those stations I've worked will be send via eqsl and real qsl via bureau.
Here is the list of all complete QSOs:
JO88vv:
SM0LCB JO89XI 55 53 SSB 001 009 52
SM3XZF JP81GF 57 57 SSB 268
SM3UFF JP80HR 55 55 SSB 002 003 214
SM7XON JO87FD 52 51 SSB 003 012 210
SM4BDQ JP80FG 59 59 SSB 004 017 762
SM5CUI JO89WW 57 56 SSB 005 029 116
SM1HPV JO97HO 58 59 SSB 006 011 152
OZ1IEP JO55XU 52 55 SSB 007 115 486
SK7MW JO65MJ 53 55 SSB 008 258 483
SK7CA JO86DQ 55 55 SSB 009 032 261
SK0CT JO89XJ 59 59 SSB 010 018 56
SM7HGY JO86DR 52 57 SSB 011 002 257
OH1HSC KP10CM 55 55 SSB 012 004 306
SM0FZH JO99HI 59 59 SSB 70
SM5EPC JP90CE 57 55 SSB 145
SM5DIC JO89JT 59 59 SSB 117
JO98bx:
DG6SYL JO53QP 26 26 FSK4 0B4P 724
YU7MS KN05EF 26 27 FSK4 0B10P 1529
YU7KB KN05 26 26 FSK4 1B9P 1509+-
JO88vv:
DG6JF/P JO33 26 27 FSK4 1B 2P 892+-
DD1JN JO50DJ 26 26 FSK4 2B6P max 6 1059
JO98bx:
SK7JD JO87HS 57 59 SSB 160
SM1MUT JO97CJ 57 59 SSB 176
SM1PYO JO97GI 57 59 SSB 182
OH0AZ JP90XI 57 59 SSB 184
SM7WSJ JO67WI 52 53 SSB 308
SM1CXE JO97FJ 58 59 SSB 177
SM1CJV JO97EF 57 59 SSB 195
SM7XON JO87FD 55 55 SSB 226
SK0CC JO99BD 57 59 SSB 19
SK4BX JO79OF 57 57 SSB 169
LA0BY JO59IX 55 55 SSB 433
SK0UX JO99BM 55 55 SSB 60
SK1BL JO97HK 559 549 CW 174
OH0A JP90XD 59 59 SSB 166
SM0HBV JO99AK 57 59 SSB 51
SM0DXG JO99CE 58 56 SSB 24
SM0LQB JO89XK 57 55 SSB 52
SM1HPV JO97HO 57 57 SSB 156
SM1DVV JO97CE 519 599 CW 199
SL0ZS JO89XJ 539 599 CW 47
SM6C JO78HH 539 559 CW 216
SM1NJC JO97DO 539 579 CW 153
SM7EOI JO86FP 539 579 CW 277
SK7HW JO76JU 53 52 SSB 307
SM0BSO JO99BG 55 55 SSB 32
SM5XJX JO88CN 59 56 SSB 120
OZ1IEP JO55XU 52 51 SSB 507
SK7CA JO86DQ 53 57 SSB 277
SM0IKR JO99AF 55 53 SSB 28
SM5CIH JO88DO 529 559 CW 114
SM7ATL JO86EQ 559 559 CW 275
SM7FWZ JO77EQ 529 559 CW 262
OH1NOR KP10CN 529 539 CW 288
SK6HD JO68SD 529 549 CW 281
SM0NZY JO89WI 559 599 CW 44
OH3AA KP21GA 529 549 CW 422
SM0IBN JO99II 599 559 CW 53
SM5AOZ JO99NN 529 549 CW 86
SM1HOW JO97GL 539 539 CW 169
OH1HSC KP10CM 53 57 SSB 286
SK0CT JO89XJ 559 599 CW 47
SM0NCL JO99AK 519 519 CW 51
SM0LCB JO89XI 53 55 SSB 43
SK7MW JO65MJ 53 539 CW 502
DC9YC JO31PJ 26 26 FSK4 1B9P max 5 1085
DF8IK JO30JT 27 26 FSK4 0B9P 1158
JO99bm:
SM3IEL JP82RL 52a 55a CW 331
OH7LRJ KP42 52a 55a CW 675+-
OH1JCS KP10AE 53a 55a CW 231
JO88vv:
DG6SYL JO53QP 26 26 FSK4 1B4P 705
GM4VVX IO78TA 52a 57a CW 1287
RZ1AP KO49VW 52a 58a CW 687
OH3BHL KP10RR 52a 59a CW 376
OH3BYZ KP21UR 53a 57a CW 537
LA7VHR JO59EK 57a 58a CW 427
OH6PA KP02PL 55a 59a CW 441
OH6KTL KP02OJ 52a 59a CW 431
OH6NVQ KP13IQ 55a 55a CW 593
OH7HD KP32RT 52a 55a CW 680
RX1AS KO59FX 57a 57a CW 725
OH2TO KP20UT 51a 55a CW 490
SM3VAC JP83VA 57a 57a CW 459
OH6HFX KP14RA 52a 55a CW 644
OH7C KP32RT 53a 53a CW 680
LA8WF JO59GV 52a 53a CW 425
OH2CW KP20IJ 53a 55a CW 423
SM3RWZ JP82MI 51a 59a CW 387
SM3IFF JP80HR 53a 55a CW 214